tourism

The Alternate Minister of Finances Nantia Valavani revealed that the government is considering increasing the reduced VAT rate...

The Federation of Professionals and Traders of Thessaloniki has sent the Ministry of Finances a letter requesting that the VAT in...

The Minister of Tourism Olga Kefalogianni presented Greece’s latest advertising campaign entitled “Gods, Myths, Heroes” at this...

The Versa tour operator, which is based in St. Petersburg and has about 2,000 clients in Greece at the moment, has declared...

The Minister of Finances Gikas Hardouvelis highlighted the importance and positive prospects of foreign investments in Greece...

According to a report by SKAI, Russian tour operator Southern Cross has declared bankruptcy, raising the total number of bankrupt...

Despite the problems caused by the recent default of Russian tour operators, the association of tourist businesses (SETE) has...

The association of tourist businesses in Greece (SETE) had documented a 17.1% increase of international arrivals in the first...

The German press has published glowing reports on the tourist interest for Greece, with the German financial journal Wirtschaftswoche ...

With the first major wave of summer vacationers about to hit Greek beaches, the Police is expected to increase its presence in an...

The leader of the controversial Euro skeptic, far right wing party UKIP Nigel Farage argued that Greece, and other Mediterranean...

According to the revised study conducted by the tourist enterprise association (SETE), about 19 million tourists are expected to visit Greece...

The Bank of Greece announced today that in March 2014 the current account deficit was reduced compared the deficit that was documented...

The possibility of the EU further expanding the sanctions against Russia over the Ukrainian crisis has caused serious concern amongst various producers and exporters...

The CEO of Irish budget airline Ryanair Michael O'Leary announced record bookings for his company’s upcoming flights to Athens which will begin on...

The Association of Greek Tourism Enterprises (SETE) revealed a 28.8% increase in international arrivals over the first two months of 2014, compared to last ...

According to Deutsche Welle, 2014 is going to be a milestone year for tourism in Greece, as reservations for the summer have increased by 52% compared to last year. The German news report is based on a recent study conducted by GfK in Germany. The study cited by Deutsche Welle shows that despite the financial […]

The Prime Minister Antonis Samaras met with Russian President Vladimir Putin yesterday in Brussels and discussed a number of bilateral issues, such as natural gas, privatizations and tourism. Mr. Samaras highlighted the bonds that bring the Greek and Russian people together, namely tradition and religion and welcomed the developing relationship between Russia and Europe. Regarding […]

The Ministry of Education is considering a proposal to shut schools down for an additional two days following Clean Monday in early March, in order to support the hoteliers’ proposal for a “white week” of winter tourism. The hoteliers initially requested that schools shut down for three days (between the 4th and 7th of March), […]

The Ministry of Shipping has announced that it will abolish amateur fishing licenses for owners of “leisure boat”. The goal is to allow tourists who have rented a boat for their vacation in Greece to be able to fish without having to apply for a license at port authorities. According to the relevant legislation “leisure […]